Tanner v. Workers' Compensation Commissioner

MILLER, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by a claimant widow from a final decision and order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board affirming a ruling by the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner rejecting her application for dependents’ benefits. The Appeal Board’s denial was premised upon a legal determination that the claimant’s decedent, was not a covered employee because his employer had never been a subscriber to the Workers’ Compensation Fund. We find that the Appeal Board committed error.

The claimant widow filed her application for dependents’ benefits on May 22, 1980, alleging that…